It's not possible to post on our board unless you carry out a one-time registration before your first posting.
The system does allow us NOT to require registration, but we do use it because it give us a measure of security - we can kick off people who use foul language, offer pirated software or make a nuisance of themselves in other ways (http://forums.dvdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=90850&postcount=37).
Registration involves:
1/Clicking on the link called, Register (it's to the left at the top of every page), and then filling in your details and clicking the submit button.
Your details are not sold or given away to anyone, so you are not going to end up with any junk mail - and you have also have the option to have your email address hidden from users of this board.
2/ You will be sent an email that contains your password (which you can change later by clicking on the Profile link which is also at the top of every page), along with a reminder of the user name you chose for yourself. Open this email and copy this information somewhere where you'll remember, just in case you forget it. If you don't regard this info as a state secret, you could have it in a text file that sits on your PC's desktop.
There after, whenever you want to post a new message or reply to an existing message, you simply have to go to the board, enter a forum (by clicking on the forum's name) click on either of the links that say, "post a new message" or "reply" (depending on which you want to do!) and input your username and password in the form that comes up on which you write your message.
Be aware that you do have an option when you register, to have the system remember your user name and password, making posting messages a bit quicker.
I've taken lots of words to describe this, but it only takes a very short while to actually do - and if you can do video editing, you can definitely use our message board!!!!
Bob C (updated - again - 10-05-05; thanks to Google's cache!!)
Just commenting to bring this one into view.
Bob C
Thanks Bob ,message posted.thanks vincent
[This message has been edited by bcrabtree (edited 05 February 2002).]
Just commenting to bring this one into view.
Bob C
And here's the unexpurgated version, ie the FULL details on how to go about making a posting - but the first thing you have to do is register see the first posting in this thread - which takes two minutes, doesn't result in you getting any spam, and typically gets you onto the forums ready to post within another minute or two.
What I've written is lengthy, but, hopefully, understandable - but will be even more understandable if you print it out so you can use it while getting started.
Anyway, let's get going...
What's important to know to start off with is that there are three levels within the DVdoctor forums.
The highest level is here:
http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi
Go there and you will currently see two sections:
* DVdoctor's very own forums (which is where most of the activity takes place)
* Global Digital Videographers' Club (which is a Netherlands-based organisation whose forums DVdoctor hosts).
So, let's click on the link called, "DVdoctor's very own forums"
This brings you here:
http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?category=3
In this window you will see all of the forums devoted to different subject areas, each having a brief amount of text below explaining its purpose.
At the top of the list, currently, is FAQ (the forum you're reading this in, which is devoted to frequently asked questions) - this is a place to look for answers not pose questions.
The busiest forum is the one called, Desktop Video - General, which is, currently fourth in the listings. Let's go there...
http://www.dvdoctor.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum;f=10
Now you are within a forum, you can choose to read any of the threads that are listed, or you can start up a thread yourself.
To start a new thread, you click on the button at top right of the window - the one labelled,
POST NEW
TOPIC
If you have not signed into the forums during your current internet session (but have already registered and received confirmation of your user name and password), then the window that will come up requires you not only to type in what you want to say (and a subject line for that new thread) but also to put in your Login name and your Password.
When you've done that and finished composing the message, you either post it - by clicking on the "Add New Topic" button located at bottom left below the "Message:" window, or, better, check it out first by clicking the "Preview Post" button at bottom right below the "Message:" window.
The "Post Preview" window that appears let's you read your message in a form more closely resembles how the final posting will appear to those who read it - and so let's you judge whether others will be able to read it, easily.
You might, for instance, realise that you have written sentences that are too long, or have not put in paragraphs, so it is all one big blob of text.
You could, of course, realise that you've made a typing error, too, or forgotten to say something.
Whatever the case, if you need to make changes, move the "Post Preview" window to one side so you can see the "Message:" window, and then make the required changes.
Then click the "Preview Post" button again to double-check your changes (the "Post Preview" window will be updated).
Finally, when you are happy, click on the "Add New Topic" button.
Job done!
Now, the system automatically takes you into the thread you have created.
You can, though, edit it further - now or in the future - by clicking on the fifth icon from the left in the row of six icons at the top of your message, the icon that looks like a piece of paper with a pencil on it.
If you hover you mouse pointer over ANY of the icons, you'll see a message appear (after about four or five seconds), telling you what job that icon does.
So, now, what about if you want to comment to a thread someone else began or, perhaps, to respond to a comment some makes to your own thread?
Well, first, you have to be within the thread and able to read it before you can add a comment - so you have to click on it from within the forum list of threads/topics.
Then to comment, you have to click on the button at top right of the window - this now has a different label.
Instead of being labelled,
POST NEW
TOPIC
It is now labelled,
POST REPLY
Having clicked on it, the "Post A Reply" window appears.
In that window you type into the "Message:" window what you want to say, and either preview it ("Preview Post") or add it ("Add Reply").
There are further things I could say but, just for now, that will get you going, hopefully.
However, do PLEASE also read the rest of the thread you are currently reading.
Bob C
The HEAVY version
And here's the unexpurgated version, ie the FULL details on how to go about making a posting - but the first thing you have to do is register see the first posting in this thread - which takes two minutes, doesn't result in you getting any spam, and typically gets you onto the forums ready to post within another minute or two.
What I've written is lengthy, but, hopefully, understandable - but will be even more understandable if you print it out so you can use it while getting started.
Anyway, let's get going...
What's important to know to start off with is that there are three levels within the DVdoctor forums.
The highest level is here:
http://forums.dvdoctor.net/index.php?
Go there and you will currently see six sections - five of them forums areas devoted to different subject areas and with each forum having a brief description below it explaining its purpose.
These are the sections:
* DVdoctor.interactive
* DVdoctor.core (in which this FAQ forum resides) and where the key forums are also found
* DVdoctor.lifestyle
* FAST
* Global DVC (Global Digital Videographers' Club - is a Netherlands-based organisation whose forums DVdoctor hosts)
* What's Going On? (where you can see who else is on the forums now)
The busiest forums are in DVdoctor.core and there, the one with most action is Desktop Video - General, so let's go there...
http://forums.dvdoctor.net/forumdisplay.php?f=40
Now you are within a forum, you can choose to read any of the threads that are listed, or you can start up a thread yourself.
To start a new thread, you click on the button at top left the window - the one labelled,
If you have not signed into the forums during your current internet session, a window will come up that requires you to put in your User name name and your Password.
When you've done that, click Login.
That will take you to the same window that you would have arrived at it you had logged in already.
Here, you need to put in a subject line for the thread you are creating (please try to make it meaningful, or else the person you want to read it may pass it by) as well as write the body of your new thread.
When you've finished composing the message, you either post it - by clicking on the "Submit New Thread" button located at bottom left below the " Post New Thread" window, or, better, check it out first by clicking the "Preview Post" button at bottom right below the " Post New Thread" window.
The "Post Preview" window that appears let's you read your message in a form more closely resembles how the final posting will appear to those who read it - and so it let's you judge whether others will be able to read it, easily.
You might, for instance, realise that you have written sentences that are too long, or have not put in paragraphs, so it is all one big blob of text.
You could, of course, realise that you've made a typing error, too, or forgotten to say something.
Whatever the case, if you need to make changes, scroll down the window, and you'll find your message is there, ready to edit.
Once you are happy with what you've done, then click on the move the "Submit New Thread" button.
Job done!
Now, the system automatically takes you into the thread you have created.
You can, though, edit it further - now or in the future - by clicking on the
icon at bottom right of your posting.
If you hover you mouse pointer over ANY of the icons, you'll see a message appear (after about four or five seconds), telling you what job that icon does.
So, now, what about if you want to comment to a thread someone else began or, perhaps, to respond to a comment some makes to your own thread?
Well, first, you have to be within the thread and able to read it before you can add a comment - so you have to click on it from within the forum list of threads/topics.
Then to comment, you have to click on the button at top left of the window - this now has a different label. It's labelled:
Having clicked on it, the "Reply to Thread" window appears.
In that window you type into the "Message:" window what you want to say, and either preview it ("Preview Post") or add it ("Add Reply").
There is also the option to add a subject line which does NOT replace the original thread's subject line but does make the message more easily identifiable for those visitors to the forums who choose to use the Thread or Hybrid display mode (accessible from the Display Modes icon that sits at top right above each thread you read).
There are further things I could say but, just for now, that will get you going, hopefully.
Bob C
(oh and if anyone wants to comment to this thread - to put right any errors that might still be here as a result of the move to new software, please feel free to do so, and I'll then try to incorporate those changes/suggestions)
Just commenting to bring this one back up into view.
Bob